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The main theme of this workshop is intercultural collaboration, from both technical and socio-cultural perspectives. Topics will include collaboration support, such as natural language processing, Web, and Internet technologies, social psychological analyses of intercultural interaction, and case studies from activists working to increase mutual understanding in our multicultural world. Submissions will be considered for papers, panels, demonstrations, and posters.

Submit your abstract (ascii text, 300 words or less) and full paper (PDF) written in English, by e-mail to iwic2007khn.nict.go.jp. Full papers should be submitted camera-ready in Springer Lecture Note Series (LNCS) format. Please follow the instructions for authors available at the Springer Web page: <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html>. Submitted full papers should be 12 to 15 pages long in the LNCS format. Surface mail and e-mail addresses should be included for all contributing authors.

Panels: Individuals may submit proposals for panels of three or four talks on a related theme in intercultural communication. Panel submissions should be no more than four pages in length. They will not be archival, so panelists may discuss previously published work. Submissions should provide each panelist's background and contact information, as well as a brief statement of his or her position on the panel theme.

Demonstrations: Individuals may submit proposals to present demonstrations of new technologies for intercultural communication. Demonstration proposals should be no more than four pages in length. They should clearly describe the motivation for the tool and how it will be demonstrated at the workshop.

Demonstration descriptions will not be archival; therefore, demonstrations can include both previously published work and work that is not yet ready for publication.

Posters: Individuals may submit proposals to present informal posters during the workshop. Poster proposals should be no more than four pages in length and summarize the poster content. Poster descriptions will not be archival; therefore, posters can describe both previously published work and work that is not yet ready for publication.

Review Process: Submitted papers, panels, and demonstrations will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural communication.

- Important Dates -

Deadline for abstracts: September 1st, 2006

Deadline for full papers, panels, posters and demonstrations: September 15th, 2006

Author notification: November 1st, 2006

Deadline for camera ready paper: December 1st, 2006

Deadline for camera ready post-proceedings paper: March 1st, 2007

We provide limited financial support to students and other researchers who are co-authors of accepted papers to give their presentation at the workshop.

Instructions on how to apply for a grant will be provided with acceptance notifications.

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes of discussion), and a poster session, on any aspect of theoretical linguistics. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author.

Abstract submission will be done online on the NELS 37 website: http://www.nels.uiuc.edu. Follow the ''Abstracts'' link on the left, and follow the instructions there. When submitting your abstract, please specify the sessions you would like to be considered for: Main, Poster, or one of the two special sessions.

Only online PDF submissions at the site specified above will be accepted. Abstracts should be anonymous, and limited to one page (using 1'' margins on all sides and 11pt font size) and a second page containing examples and references. Any non-standard fonts should be embedded in the PDF document.

Phonology and Morphology of Pidgins and Creoles Invited speaker: Norval Smith (University of Amsterdam) This session will include regular-length talks that address issues in the phonology and morphology of Pidgins and Creoles, including:

- Parallels between creoles and the learner-grammars of both adult (L2) and children (L1) learners

- Perception/production and Creole/Pidgin formation

- Patterns of epenthesis and other processes of adaptation/adjustment in Creoles and Pidgins